Archaeologists find 'surprising' discoveries at ancient Egyptian church

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An archaeological team’s excavation of an ancient city has uncovered “surprising” revelations about an early Christian church in Egypt, specifically, the discovery of 17 human remains and the story the bodies tell.

Experts uncovered the ruins of a church, dated to around the mid-fourth century, during an ongoing archaeological excavation of Trimithis (also known as Amheida), an ancient city near the western edge of the Dakhla Oasis in the western desert.

The city was once a settlement during Egypt’s Roman period, which started in 30 B.C. and lasted until the Muslim conquest in 641 A.D. New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World leads the international research team.

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Archaeologists find 'surprising' discoveries at ancient Egyptian church

An archaeological team s excavation of an ancient city has uncovered surprising revelations about an early Christian church in Egypt, specifically, the discovery of 17 human remains and the story the

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Interesting. I like discoveries like this as it helps paint a picture of the times. If the church exists in Egypt then it must have been a time when Christianity was legalised by Constantine.

It may be that the church honored women and children, they may have been killed in a disaster or even an attack. Others may have been killed such as males but were buried elsewhere.

THough Christianity was legal the church may have been one of the first in Egypt soon after it was legalised but there were still attacks in isolated places where Christianity was more foreign. Just like we get with sporadic attacks on churches today.

It could be that while the men were out doing business the women and children were attacked at the church so they were buried within the church. Either way its an interesting find that gives us a little windown into early Christianity.

I remember a find they made in Jerusalem of an underground church. So this was during the time Christianity was illegal.